Post Office

Bankrupt Postal Service wants to close Calumet office, which is more than a spot to pick up the mail. More: continued here

Iron Range town fights for its post officeMinneapolis Star TribuneShe and her husband, David, raised a family of four in the town, and along with other residents, face the prospect losing their post office due to budget cuts. Beverly Sigfrinius isn't moving, but the Postal Service wants to give her a new address. More: continued…

Do you know how much the secretary of defense makes per year? It is just a hair under $200,000. Now I want you to guess how much the postmaster general makes per year. Until lately he made almost twice what the secretary of defense makes. Sen. Jon Tester got a bill passed to reduce the…

Save USPS by reviving post office savings accounts COMMENTARY Daniel AkstWilkes Barre Times-LeaderA vast array of nations from Germany to India offer their citizens financial services through the post office. We do too, a little, by selling money orders and package insurance. But we used to do much more. From 1910 to 1967 Uncle Sam…

Afternoon letters: Post office is the 'evil twin' of the DMVOCRegisterVILLA PARK, Don Weber: Letter-writer Ed Bjork opines, naively, that the US Postal Service's “own money” ($11 billion) is taken (by Congress) “to prefund preferred health costs for 75 years in the future” [“Post office as ATM,” April 30]. More: continued here

The Fort Collins and Loveland post offices are asking postal customers to donate to the annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive across America on May 12. More: continued here

BusinessLIVE Strike leaves SA Post office incapacitatedBusinessLIVEA three-month strike by contract workers at the South African Post Office (Sapo) in Gauteng has left it incapacitated, its outlets piled high with unsent mail and its depots trashed. According to Sapo, mail turnover times are now about two weeks longer … More: continued here

Sky Valley Chronicle Post office food drive planned for May 12The ColoradoanThe Fort Collins and Loveland post offices are asking postal customers to donate to the annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive across America on May 12. All food collected will go to local food bank charities.GUEST COLUMN: Help postal carriers 'stamp out…

ELKO — Closure of the Mountain City Post Office is still possible if the May 15 moratorium on post office closures nationwide expires, but the doors wouldn’t close until at least mid-July. More: continued here

A tractor trailer driver pulled down wires on top of his truck and numerous post office delivery trucks in the rear of the Ardmore post office Wednesday evening about 10:30 PM. The driver stayed in the truck unharmed until PECO was able to shut down the power. Ardmore, Penn Wynne and Belmont Hills firefighters stoodby…